Internship Guidelines
Before your internship
- Meet with your advisor to discuss possible internship ideas. You may set up your own Internship or locate one on the Huxley Internship Web Site
- Use the internship notices from Career Services Center
- Read the Notes for Internships (pdf)
- Contact the Internship Coordinator at 650-3602 or huxley.intern@wwu.edu
- Print out, complete and have signed the Internship Contract (pdf)
- Arrange for your Advisor to enter an override code for your internship credits. After your Advisor has entered the credit override into the Banner system, you will still need to register. Check out the internship registration hints (pdf).
After your Internship
Most of the majors offered by Huxley College require students to complete 10-15 credits of Senior Thesis, Internship, Senior Project, or International Study. This documentation specifically addresses the report required for completion of the Senior Thesis (498a) or Internship (498b). See also “Registering and Completing ESTU 498 or ESCI 498 Credits”
The thesis is usually a written report modeled on a Master’s thesis. Students undertaking internships submit a similar but less formal "Internship Report.” The Senior Thesis or Internship Report is submitted to the Huxley faculty member whose name is listed as the Instructor for the 498 credits for which the student registered.
Format and Style
The content of the report must meet the instructor’s standards as documented in the Internship or Thesis Contract and are not a matter of College Policy. The College does require the student meet the following format requirements:
- Submit a .pdf file to the Instructor, complete with digital signature sheet
- Use a standard Title Page/release/Signature Sheet (available on Huxley’s website) as the first page of the report. See instructions online for the process of including a signature page in a .pdf file. For Senior Projects or International Study reports, modify the Internship Report cover/signature sheet as appropriate
- Reports need to be signed by the student and the Faculty member (note: they no longer need to be signed by the Dean)
- For Internship reports, the “Title” of the Report should include the name of the Agency with whom the Internship was conducted, if applicable.
- “Internship Dates” refers to the dates when the Internship was completed (not when the report is submitted or credit is received). For work spanning multiple quarters/years, include the full range of dates).
- Non-text addendums (examples of work or materials from the Internship) will need to be scanned for inclusion in the .pdf file
- At minimum, submit first draft by third week of last quarter of study. Students must clarify the timeline for draft submission with the instructor and document that on the Senior Thesis/Internship Contract. Instructors need sufficient time to read and evaluate reports before the applicable grading deadline. In most cases, instructors require revisions and resubmission before grading.
- If internship or thesis work occurs in the summer, this often delays graduation to Fall quarter. Faculty instructors are rarely available during summer to grade Internship or Senior Thesis Reports. Late submissions in spring quarter are problematic because many faculty leave campus for extended periods in summer quarter.
- Students with incomplete work listed on their transcripts as K grades are responsible for making sure the Instructor submits the final grade(s). After the report is accepted as final by the instructor, students with K grades should notify the instructor of all quarters in which they have outstanding incomplete grades.
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